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2011 Carolina Panthers: Reviewing the Film

hook — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:52:46 +0000

January 1, 2012; New Orleans, LA, USA; Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith (89) catches a touchdown over New Orleans Saints cornerback Jabari Greer (33) during the first quarter of a game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-US PRESSWIRE

Over the past two days, I have been looking over tape from the Panthers’ season. ITunes of all places has a “follow your team” show in which they recount entire games of a particular team by only the big plays (mind you, I hate ITunes with all of my heart so this is not product placement). For example, they will not show a play in which Deangelo Williams is stuffed at the line of scrimmage and only gains two yards. If Jonathan Stewart, however, runs for eight, the footage will make the tape. It’s a somewhat incomplete, but highly effective, method of reviewing a season. Each game is about 20-25 minutes long and includes topical segments from post-game interviews. (more…)

Carolina Panthers: Aftermath of 2011

Tom Russell — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:59:41 +0000

Dec 4, 2011; Tampa FL, USA; Carolina Panthers tight end Jeremy Shockey (80) catches a 26-yard pass as Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Adrian Clayborn (94) defends during the first half of their game at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Phil Sears-US PRESSWIRE

Editor’s Note: With this spectacle of a post, allow me to introduce to you our newest staff writer: Tom Russell

This time last year the Panthers were looking towards the draft and the first pick even thinking that would be Andrew Luck. Things changed quickly. Luck chose to stay in school and the Panthers went to work signing their key players to big dollar long term contracts. Charles Johnson 6 years $76M, Jon Beason 6 year 51M, Ryan Kalil 6 year 49M, DeAngelo Williams 5 year 43M & Thomas Davis 5 year 36M. This coupled with signing Cam Newton gave us great hope for the 2012 season. (more…)

Loss in the Meadowlands. Are we done already?

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:20:53 +0000

No.
I expect all the Jake Delhomme comparisons to continue all week. I can write that off to the nature of fans. We love our team and we want to see them do well.

It was a terrible loss and definitely a game we should have and could have won. And a lot of accounts will refer to this as revenge and so forth and so on. Thats fine. But we were beat by a sloppy team and that tells me that there are things to improve on. Week 1 is the time to get to work on that. (more…)